The theory of sound by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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In volume II: index af authors

Scientific papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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1964
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Index of names (after the last volume)

Scientific papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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Contains over 440 papers covering topics on sound, mathematics, general mechanics, hydrodynamics, optics, and properties of
gasses

Theory of heat by James Clerk Maxwell(
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1982
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This classic sets forth the fundamentals of thermodynamics clearly and simply enough to be understood by a beginning student,
yet with enough subtlety and depth of thought to appeal also to more advanced readers. It elucidates fundamentals of kinetic
theory and illustrates the Second Law of Thermodynamics with "Maxwell's demon."

Die Theorie des Schalles by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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1879
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1880
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Scientific papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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1899
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2012
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Lord Rayleigh (1842–1919) won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1904. His early research was in optics and acoustics but his
first published paper, from 1869, was an explanation of Maxwell's electromagnetic theory. In 1871, he related the degree of
light scattering to wavelength (part of the explanation for why the sky is blue), and in 1872 he wrote his classic Theory
of Sound (not included here). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society and inherited his father's peerage in 1873. Rayleigh
nevertheless continued groundbreaking research, including the first description of Moiré interference (1874). In 1881, while
president of the London Mathematical Society (1878–1880) and successor to Maxwell as Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics
at Cambridge (1879–1884), Rayleigh published a paper on diffraction gratings which led to improvements in the spectroscope
and future developments in high-resolution spectroscopy. This volume contains papers from 1869 to 1881

Scientific papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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1899
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Index of names (after the last volume)

Scientific papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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1899
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This volume of Lord Rayleigh's collected papers begins with a brief 1892 piece in which the author addresses the troubling
discrepancies between the apparent density of nitrogen derived from different sources. Intrigued by this anomaly and by earlier
observations by Cavendish, Rayleigh investigated whether it might be due to a previously undiscovered atmospheric constituent.
This led to Rayleigh's discovery of the chemically inert element, argon, to his 1904 Nobel Prize in physics, and to the discovery
of all the 'rare' gases. Debate over the nature of Roentgen rays, is reflected in a short 1898 paper, written in the wake
of their discovery. 1900 saw a key contribution, the elegant description of the distribution of longer wavelengths in blackbody
radiation. Now known as the Rayleigh–Jeans' Law, this complemented Wien's equation describing the shorter wavelengths. Planck's
law combined these, in a crucial step toward the eventual development of quantum mechanics

Scientific papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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Lord Rayleigh served as President of Royal Society from 1905 to 1908, when he became Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
In 1904 he was awarded a Nobel Prize. He received the physics award while Ramsey, with whom he had conducted the research
and announced the discovery of argon, received the Nobel Prize for chemistry. In 1906 he published his electron fluid model
of the atom, a modification of Thomson's 'plum pudding' proposal. This was superseded by a series of other (also invalid)
models, until Bohr's atomic theory of 1913. In 1907 Rayleigh published a detailed observational study on how humans can perceive
sound and distinguish the directions of pure and complex tones. His interest in optics also continued, with a 1907 analysis
of the theoretical basis for unusual banding patterns arising when polarised light was shone on diffraction gratings. This
volume includes his papers from 1902 to 1910

Scientific papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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1902
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This volume includes papers from 1887, when Lord Rayleigh became Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution
in London, to 1892. An 1888 contribution on the densities of hydrogen and oxygen led to a series of experiments on the densities
of the atmospheric gases. This resulted in the unsettling discovery that the density of atmospheric nitrogen seemed very slightly
to exceed the density of nitrogen derived from its chemical compounds. A substantial 1888 paper, on the wave theory of light,
was written for the Encyclopaedia Britannica in the immediate aftermath of the crucial Michelson–Morley experiment in which
the speed of light had been measured. In addition, this wide-ranging volume shows Rayleigh's developing interest in the properties
of liquid surfaces, with a discourse on foams (1890), and a paper on surface films (1892). It also includes a charming brief
appreciation (1890) of James Clerk Maxwell's legacy to science

Scientific papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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1920
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This final volume of papers by Lord Rayleigh covers the period from 1911 to his death in 1919. The first of the Solvay Conferences
in 1911 played a key role in the foundation of quantum theory. Although invited, Rayleigh did not attend. His principal achievements
lay in development and consolidation across classical physics, in which he continued to work. In a 1917 paper, he used electromagnetic
theory to derive a formula for expressing the reflection properties from a regularly stratified medium. In 1919, he investigated
the iridescent colours of birds and insects. Rayleigh continued his long-standing participation in the Society for Psychical
Research, founded in 1882 for the study of 'debatable phenomena'. One of his last publications was his presidential address
to that society, which considers several highly unorthodox views and practices. He concludes by asserting the importance to
scientists of maintaining open minds in the pursuit of truth

An appraisal of Rayleigh by John N Howard(
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)3
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1964
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Electrical measurements by John William Strutt Rayleigh(
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)8
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1881
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1886
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English and Undetermined
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A collection of papers published in Rayleigh's own name and in conjunction with Prof. Schuster and Mrs. Sidgwick. This example
is thought to be Rayleigh's own copy. It has annotations in his own hand on pages 413-415 of article 17 and a ms. leaf in
his hand laid in